Bill Text: OH HB556 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: To abolish the Trumbull County County Court, to create the Trumbull County Municipal Court, and to provide that the judge of the Trumbull County Municipal Court be nominated by petition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-22 - To Judiciary & Ethics [HB556 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB556-Introduced.html
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Representatives O'Brien, Letson
To amend sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, | 1 |
1901.08, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code to | 2 |
abolish the Trumbull County County Court, to | 3 |
create the Trumbull County Municipal Court, and to | 4 |
provide that the judge of the Trumbull County | 5 |
Municipal Court be nominated by petition. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, 1901.07, | 7 |
1901.08, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code be amended to read as | 8 |
follows: | 9 |
Sec. 1901.01. (A) There is hereby established a municipal | 10 |
court in each of the following municipal corporations: | 11 |
Akron, Alliance, Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Avon Lake, | 12 |
Barberton, Bedford, Bellefontaine, Bellevue, Berea, Bowling Green, | 13 |
Bryan, Bucyrus, Cambridge, Campbell, Canton, Carrollton, Celina, | 14 |
Chardon, Chesapeake, Chillicothe, Cincinnati, Circleville, | 15 |
Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, Columbus, Conneaut, Coshocton, | 16 |
Cuyahoga Falls, Dayton, Defiance, Delaware, East Cleveland, East | 17 |
Liverpool, Eaton, Elyria, Euclid, Fairborn, Fairfield, Findlay, | 18 |
Fostoria, Franklin, Fremont, Gallipolis, Garfield Heights, | 19 |
Georgetown, Girard, Greenville, Hamilton, Hillsboro, Huron, | 20 |
Ironton, Jackson, Kenton, Kettering, Lakewood, Lancaster, Lebanon, | 21 |
Lima, Logan, London, Lorain, Lyndhurst, Mansfield, Marietta, | 22 |
Marion, Marysville, Mason, Massillon, Maumee, Medina, Mentor, | 23 |
Miamisburg, Middletown, Millersburg, Mount Gilead, Mount Vernon, | 24 |
Napoleon, Newark, New Philadelphia, Newton Falls, Niles, Norwalk, | 25 |
Oakwood, Oberlin, Oregon, Ottawa, Painesville, Parma, Perrysburg, | 26 |
Port Clinton, Portsmouth, Ravenna, Rocky River, Sandusky, Shaker | 27 |
Heights, Shelby, Sidney, South Euclid, Springfield, Steubenville, | 28 |
Struthers, Sylvania, Tiffin, Toledo, Troy, Upper Sandusky, Urbana, | 29 |
Vandalia, Van Wert, Vermilion, Wadsworth, Wapakoneta, Warren, City | 30 |
of Washington in Fayette county, to be known as Washington Court | 31 |
House, Willoughby, Wilmington, Wooster, Xenia, Youngstown, and | 32 |
Zanesville. | 33 |
(B) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 34 |
Clermont county in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation | 35 |
or unincorporated territory within Clermont county that is | 36 |
selected by the legislative authority of the Clermont county | 37 |
municipal court. The municipal court established by this division | 38 |
is a continuation of the municipal court previously established in | 39 |
Batavia by this section before the enactment of this division. | 40 |
(C) There is hereby established a municipal court within | 41 |
Columbiana county in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation | 42 |
or unincorporated territory within Columbiana county, except the | 43 |
municipal corporation of East Liverpool or Liverpool or St. Clair | 44 |
township, that is selected by the judges of the municipal court | 45 |
pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of the Revised Code. | 46 |
(D) Effective January 1, 2008, there is hereby established a | 47 |
municipal court within Erie county in Milan or in any other | 48 |
municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within Erie | 49 |
county that is within the territorial jurisdiction of the Erie | 50 |
county municipal court and is selected by the legislative | 51 |
authority of that court. | 52 |
(E) The Cuyahoga Falls municipal court shall remain in | 53 |
existence until December 31, 2008, and shall be replaced by the | 54 |
Stow municipal court on January 1, 2009. | 55 |
(F) Effective January 1, 2009, there is hereby established a | 56 |
municipal court in the municipal corporation of Stow. | 57 |
(G) Effective July 1, 2010, there is hereby established a | 58 |
municipal court within Montgomery county in any municipal | 59 |
corporation or unincorporated territory within Montgomery county, | 60 |
except the municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, | 61 |
Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, | 62 |
Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, | 63 |
Miami, and Washington townships, that is selected by the | 64 |
legislative authority of that court. | 65 |
(H) Effective January 1, 2013, there is hereby established a | 66 |
municipal court within Trumbull county in any municipal | 67 |
corporation or unincorporated territory within Trumbull county, | 68 |
except the municipal corporations of Girard, McDonald, Newton | 69 |
Falls, Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, Braceville, Bristol, | 70 |
Champion, Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, | 71 |
Mesopotamia, Newton, Southington, Vienna, Warren, and | 72 |
Weathersfield townships, that is selected by the legislative | 73 |
authority of that court. | 74 |
Sec. 1901.02. (A) The municipal courts established by | 75 |
section 1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction within the | 76 |
corporate limits of their respective municipal corporations, or, | 77 |
for the Clermont county municipal court, the Columbiana county | 78 |
municipal court, and, effective January 1, 2008, the Erie county | 79 |
municipal court, within the municipal corporation or | 80 |
unincorporated territory in which they are established, and are | 81 |
courts of record. Each of the courts shall be styled | 82 |
".................................. municipal court," inserting | 83 |
the name of the municipal corporation, except the following | 84 |
courts, which shall be styled as set forth below: | 85 |
(1) The municipal court established in Chesapeake that shall | 86 |
be styled and known as the "Lawrence county municipal court"; | 87 |
(2) The municipal court established in Cincinnati that shall | 88 |
be styled and known as the "Hamilton county municipal court"; | 89 |
(3) The municipal court established in Ravenna that shall be | 90 |
styled and known as the "Portage county municipal court"; | 91 |
(4) The municipal court established in Athens that shall be | 92 |
styled and known as the "Athens county municipal court"; | 93 |
(5) The municipal court established in Columbus that shall be | 94 |
styled and known as the "Franklin county municipal court"; | 95 |
(6) The municipal court established in London that shall be | 96 |
styled and known as the "Madison county municipal court"; | 97 |
(7) The municipal court established in Newark that shall be | 98 |
styled and known as the "Licking county municipal court"; | 99 |
(8) The municipal court established in Wooster that shall be | 100 |
styled and known as the "Wayne county municipal court"; | 101 |
(9) The municipal court established in Wapakoneta that shall | 102 |
be styled and known as the "Auglaize county municipal court"; | 103 |
(10) The municipal court established in Troy that shall be | 104 |
styled and known as the "Miami county municipal court"; | 105 |
(11) The municipal court established in Bucyrus that shall be | 106 |
styled and known as the "Crawford county municipal court"; | 107 |
(12) The municipal court established in Logan that shall be | 108 |
styled and known as the "Hocking county municipal court"; | 109 |
(13) The municipal court established in Urbana that shall be | 110 |
styled and known as the "Champaign county municipal court"; | 111 |
(14) The municipal court established in Jackson that shall be | 112 |
styled and known as the "Jackson county municipal court"; | 113 |
(15) The municipal court established in Springfield that | 114 |
shall be styled and known as the "Clark county municipal court"; | 115 |
(16) The municipal court established in Kenton that shall be | 116 |
styled and known as the "Hardin county municipal court"; | 117 |
(17) The municipal court established within Clermont county | 118 |
in Batavia or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 119 |
territory within Clermont county that is selected by the | 120 |
legislative authority of that court that shall be styled and known | 121 |
as the "Clermont county municipal court"; | 122 |
(18) The municipal court established in Wilmington that, | 123 |
beginning July 1, 1992, shall be styled and known as the "Clinton | 124 |
county municipal court"; | 125 |
(19) The municipal court established in Port Clinton that | 126 |
shall be styled and known as "the Ottawa county municipal court"; | 127 |
(20) The municipal court established in Lancaster that, | 128 |
beginning January 2, 2000, shall be styled and known as the | 129 |
"Fairfield county municipal court"; | 130 |
(21) The municipal court established within Columbiana county | 131 |
in Lisbon or in any other municipal corporation or unincorporated | 132 |
territory selected pursuant to division (I) of section 1901.021 of | 133 |
the Revised Code, that shall be styled and known as the | 134 |
"Columbiana county municipal court"; | 135 |
(22) The municipal court established in Georgetown that, | 136 |
beginning February 9, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 137 |
"Brown county municipal court"; | 138 |
(23) The municipal court established in Mount Gilead that, | 139 |
beginning January 1, 2003, shall be styled and known as the | 140 |
"Morrow county municipal court"; | 141 |
(24) The municipal court established in Greenville that, | 142 |
beginning January 1, 2005, shall be styled and known as the "Darke | 143 |
county municipal court"; | 144 |
(25) The municipal court established in Millersburg that, | 145 |
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 146 |
"Holmes county municipal court"; | 147 |
(26) The municipal court established in Carrollton that, | 148 |
beginning January 1, 2007, shall be styled and known as the | 149 |
"Carroll county municipal court"; | 150 |
(27) The municipal court established within Erie county in | 151 |
Milan or established in any other municipal corporation or | 152 |
unincorporated territory that is within Erie county, is within the | 153 |
territorial jurisdiction of that court, and is selected by the | 154 |
legislative authority of that court that, beginning January 1, | 155 |
2008, shall be styled and known as the "Erie county municipal | 156 |
court"; | 157 |
(28) The municipal court established in Ottawa that, | 158 |
beginning January 1, 2011, shall be styled and known as the | 159 |
"Putnam county municipal court"; | 160 |
(29) The municipal court established within Montgomery county | 161 |
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 162 |
Montgomery county, except the municipal corporations of | 163 |
Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, Germantown, Kettering, | 164 |
Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, Vandalia, and West Carrollton | 165 |
and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, and Washington townships, | 166 |
that is selected by the legislative authority of that court and | 167 |
that, beginning July 1, 2010, shall be styled and known as the | 168 |
"Montgomery county municipal court"; | 169 |
(30) The municipal court established within Trumbull county | 170 |
in any municipal corporation or unincorporated territory within | 171 |
Trumbull county, except the municipal corporations of Girard, | 172 |
McDonald, Newton Falls, Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, | 173 |
Braceville, Bristol, Champion, Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, | 174 |
Liberty, Lordstown, Mesopotamia, Newton, Southington, Vienna, | 175 |
Warren, and Weathersfield townships that is selected by the | 176 |
legislative authority of that court and that, beginning January 1, | 177 |
2013, shall be styled and known as the "Trumbull county municipal | 178 |
court." | 179 |
(B) In addition to the jurisdiction set forth in division (A) | 180 |
of this section, the municipal courts established by section | 181 |
1901.01 of the Revised Code have jurisdiction as follows: | 182 |
The Akron municipal court has jurisdiction within Bath, | 183 |
Richfield, and Springfield townships, and within the municipal | 184 |
corporations of Fairlawn, Lakemore, and Mogadore, in Summit | 185 |
county. | 186 |
The Alliance municipal court has jurisdiction within | 187 |
Lexington, Marlboro, Paris, and Washington townships in Stark | 188 |
county. | 189 |
The Ashland municipal court has jurisdiction within Ashland | 190 |
county. | 191 |
The Ashtabula municipal court has jurisdiction within | 192 |
Ashtabula, Plymouth, and Saybrook townships in Ashtabula county. | 193 |
The Athens county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 194 |
Athens county. | 195 |
The Auglaize county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 196 |
Auglaize county. | 197 |
The Avon Lake municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 198 |
municipal corporations of Avon and Sheffield in Lorain county. | 199 |
The Barberton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 200 |
Coventry, Franklin, and Green townships, within all of Copley | 201 |
township except within the municipal corporation of Fairlawn, and | 202 |
within the municipal corporations of Clinton and Norton, in Summit | 203 |
county. | 204 |
The Bedford municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 205 |
municipal corporations of Bedford Heights, Oakwood, Glenwillow, | 206 |
Solon, Bentleyville, Chagrin Falls, Moreland Hills, Orange, | 207 |
Warrensville Heights, North Randall, and Woodmere, and within | 208 |
Warrensville and Chagrin Falls townships, in Cuyahoga county. | 209 |
The Bellefontaine municipal court has jurisdiction within | 210 |
Logan county. | 211 |
The Bellevue municipal court has jurisdiction within Lyme and | 212 |
Sherman townships in Huron county and within York township in | 213 |
Sandusky county. | 214 |
The Berea municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 215 |
municipal corporations of Strongsville, Middleburgh Heights, Brook | 216 |
Park, Westview, and Olmsted Falls, and within Olmsted township, in | 217 |
Cuyahoga county. | 218 |
The Bowling Green municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 219 |
municipal corporations of Bairdstown, Bloomdale, Bradner, Custar, | 220 |
Cygnet, Grand Rapids, Haskins, Hoytville, Jerry City, Milton | 221 |
Center, North Baltimore, Pemberville, Portage, Rising Sun, | 222 |
Tontogany, Wayne, West Millgrove, and Weston, and within Bloom, | 223 |
Center, Freedom, Grand Rapids, Henry, Jackson, Liberty, Middleton, | 224 |
Milton, Montgomery, Plain, Portage, Washington, Webster, and | 225 |
Weston townships in Wood county. | 226 |
Beginning February 9, 2003, the Brown county municipal court | 227 |
has jurisdiction within Brown county. | 228 |
The Bryan municipal court has jurisdiction within Williams | 229 |
county. | 230 |
The Cambridge municipal court has jurisdiction within | 231 |
Guernsey county. | 232 |
The Campbell municipal court has jurisdiction within | 233 |
Coitsville township in Mahoning county. | 234 |
The Canton municipal court has jurisdiction within Canton, | 235 |
Lake, Nimishillen, Osnaburg, Pike, Plain, and Sandy townships in | 236 |
Stark county. | 237 |
The Carroll county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 238 |
Carroll county. | 239 |
The Celina municipal court has jurisdiction within Mercer | 240 |
county. | 241 |
The Champaign county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 242 |
Champaign county. | 243 |
The Chardon municipal court has jurisdiction within Geauga | 244 |
county. | 245 |
The Chillicothe municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross | 246 |
county. | 247 |
The Circleville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 248 |
Pickaway county. | 249 |
The Clark county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 250 |
Clark county. | 251 |
The Clermont county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 252 |
Clermont county. | 253 |
The Cleveland municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 254 |
municipal corporation of Bratenahl in Cuyahoga county. | 255 |
Beginning July 1, 1992, the Clinton county municipal court | 256 |
has jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 257 |
The Columbiana county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 258 |
all of Columbiana county except within the municipal corporation | 259 |
of East Liverpool and except within Liverpool and St. Clair | 260 |
townships. | 261 |
The Coshocton municipal court has jurisdiction within | 262 |
Coshocton county. | 263 |
The Crawford county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 264 |
Crawford county. | 265 |
Until December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 266 |
has jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, | 267 |
Sagamore Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 268 |
corporations of Boston Heights, Hudson, Munroe Falls, Northfield, | 269 |
Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, Tallmadge, Twinsburg, | 270 |
and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 271 |
Beginning January 1, 2005, the Darke county municipal court | 272 |
has jurisdiction within Darke county except within the municipal | 273 |
corporation of Bradford. | 274 |
The Defiance municipal court has jurisdiction within Defiance | 275 |
county. | 276 |
The Delaware municipal court has jurisdiction within Delaware | 277 |
county. | 278 |
The East Liverpool municipal court has jurisdiction within | 279 |
Liverpool and St. Clair townships in Columbiana county. | 280 |
The Eaton municipal court has jurisdiction within Preble | 281 |
county. | 282 |
The Elyria municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 283 |
municipal corporations of Grafton, LaGrange, and North Ridgeville, | 284 |
and within Elyria, Carlisle, Eaton, Columbia, Grafton, and | 285 |
LaGrange townships, in Lorain county. | 286 |
Beginning January 1, 2008, the Erie county municipal court | 287 |
has jurisdiction within Erie county except within the townships of | 288 |
Florence, Huron, Perkins, and Vermilion and the municipal | 289 |
corporations of Bay View, Castalia, Huron, Sandusky, and | 290 |
Vermilion. | 291 |
The Fairborn municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 292 |
municipal corporation of Beavercreek and within Bath and | 293 |
Beavercreek townships in Greene county. | 294 |
Beginning January 2, 2000, the Fairfield county municipal | 295 |
court has jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 296 |
The Findlay municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 297 |
Hancock county except within Washington township. | 298 |
The Fostoria municipal court has jurisdiction within Loudon | 299 |
and Jackson townships in Seneca county, within Washington township | 300 |
in Hancock county, and within Perry township, except within the | 301 |
municipal corporation of West Millgrove, in Wood county. | 302 |
The Franklin municipal court has jurisdiction within Franklin | 303 |
township in Warren county. | 304 |
The Franklin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 305 |
Franklin county. | 306 |
The Fremont municipal court has jurisdiction within Ballville | 307 |
and Sandusky townships in Sandusky county. | 308 |
The Gallipolis municipal court has jurisdiction within Gallia | 309 |
county. | 310 |
The Garfield Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 311 |
the municipal corporations of Maple Heights, Walton Hills, Valley | 312 |
View, Cuyahoga Heights, Newburgh Heights, Independence, and | 313 |
Brecksville in Cuyahoga county. | 314 |
The Girard municipal court has jurisdiction within Liberty, | 315 |
Vienna, and Hubbard townships in Trumbull county. | 316 |
The Hamilton municipal court has jurisdiction within Ross and | 317 |
St. Clair townships in Butler county. | 318 |
The Hamilton county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 319 |
Hamilton county. | 320 |
The Hardin county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 321 |
Hardin county. | 322 |
The Hillsboro municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 323 |
Highland county except within Madison township. | 324 |
The Hocking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 325 |
Hocking county. | 326 |
The Holmes county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 327 |
Holmes county. | 328 |
The Huron municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 329 |
Huron township in Erie county except within the municipal | 330 |
corporation of Sandusky. | 331 |
The Ironton municipal court has jurisdiction within Aid, | 332 |
Decatur, Elizabeth, Hamilton, Lawrence, Upper, and Washington | 333 |
townships in Lawrence county. | 334 |
The Jackson county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 335 |
Jackson county. | 336 |
The Kettering municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 337 |
municipal corporations of Centerville and Moraine, and within | 338 |
Washington township, in Montgomery county. | 339 |
Until January 2, 2000, the Lancaster municipal court has | 340 |
jurisdiction within Fairfield county. | 341 |
The Lawrence county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 342 |
the townships of Fayette, Mason, Perry, Rome, Symmes, Union, and | 343 |
Windsor in Lawrence county. | 344 |
The Lebanon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 345 |
Turtlecreek township in Warren county. | 346 |
The Licking county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 347 |
Licking county. | 348 |
The Lima municipal court has jurisdiction within Allen | 349 |
county. | 350 |
The Lorain municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 351 |
municipal corporation of Sheffield Lake, and within Sheffield | 352 |
township, in Lorain county. | 353 |
The Lyndhurst municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 354 |
municipal corporations of Mayfield Heights, Gates Mills, Mayfield, | 355 |
Highland Heights, and Richmond Heights in Cuyahoga county. | 356 |
The Madison county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 357 |
Madison county. | 358 |
The Mansfield municipal court has jurisdiction within | 359 |
Madison, Springfield, Sandusky, Franklin, Weller, Mifflin, Troy, | 360 |
Washington, Monroe, Perry, Jefferson, and Worthington townships, | 361 |
and within sections 35-36-31 and 32 of Butler township, in | 362 |
Richland county. | 363 |
The Marietta municipal court has jurisdiction within | 364 |
Washington county. | 365 |
The Marion municipal court has jurisdiction within Marion | 366 |
county. | 367 |
The Marysville municipal court has jurisdiction within Union | 368 |
county. | 369 |
The Mason municipal court has jurisdiction within Deerfield | 370 |
township in Warren county. | 371 |
The Massillon municipal court has jurisdiction within | 372 |
Bethlehem, Perry, Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas, Lawrence, and Jackson | 373 |
townships in Stark county. | 374 |
The Maumee municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 375 |
municipal corporations of Waterville and Whitehouse, within | 376 |
Waterville and Providence townships, and within those portions of | 377 |
Springfield, Monclova, and Swanton townships lying south of the | 378 |
northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in Lucas county. | 379 |
The Medina municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 380 |
municipal corporations of Briarwood Beach, Brunswick, | 381 |
Chippewa-on-the-Lake, and Spencer and within the townships of | 382 |
Brunswick Hills, Chatham, Granger, Hinckley, Lafayette, | 383 |
Litchfield, Liverpool, Medina, Montville, Spencer, and York | 384 |
townships, in Medina county. | 385 |
The Mentor municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 386 |
municipal corporation of Mentor-on-the-Lake in Lake county. | 387 |
The Miami county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 388 |
Miami county and within the part of the municipal corporation of | 389 |
Bradford that is located in Darke county. | 390 |
The Miamisburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 391 |
municipal corporations of Germantown and West Carrollton, and | 392 |
within German and Miami townships in Montgomery county. | 393 |
The Middletown municipal court has jurisdiction within | 394 |
Madison township, and within all of Lemon township, except within | 395 |
the municipal corporation of Monroe, in Butler county. | 396 |
Beginning July 1, 2010, the Montgomery county municipal court | 397 |
has jurisdiction within all of Montgomery county except for the | 398 |
municipal corporations of Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Englewood, | 399 |
Germantown, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine, Oakwood, Union, | 400 |
Vandalia, and West Carrollton and Butler, German, Harrison, Miami, | 401 |
and Washington townships. | 402 |
Beginning January 1, 2003, the Morrow county municipal court | 403 |
has jurisdiction within Morrow county. | 404 |
The Mount Vernon municipal court has jurisdiction within Knox | 405 |
county. | 406 |
The Napoleon municipal court has jurisdiction within Henry | 407 |
county. | 408 |
The New Philadelphia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 409 |
the municipal corporation of Dover, and within Auburn, Bucks, | 410 |
Fairfield, Goshen, Jefferson, Warren, York, Dover, Franklin, | 411 |
Lawrence, Sandy, Sugarcreek, and Wayne townships in Tuscarawas | 412 |
county. | 413 |
The Newton Falls municipal court has jurisdiction within | 414 |
Bristol, Bloomfield, Lordstown, Newton, Braceville, Southington, | 415 |
Farmington, and Mesopotamia townships in Trumbull county. | 416 |
The Niles municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 417 |
municipal corporation of McDonald, and within Weathersfield | 418 |
township in Trumbull county. | 419 |
The Norwalk municipal court has jurisdiction within all of | 420 |
Huron county except within the municipal corporation of Bellevue | 421 |
and except within Lyme and Sherman townships. | 422 |
The Oberlin municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 423 |
municipal corporations of Amherst, Kipton, Rochester, South | 424 |
Amherst, and Wellington, and within Henrietta, Russia, Camden, | 425 |
Pittsfield, Brighton, Wellington, Penfield, Rochester, and | 426 |
Huntington townships, and within all of Amherst township except | 427 |
within the municipal corporation of Lorain, in Lorain county. | 428 |
The Oregon municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 429 |
municipal corporation of Harbor View, and within Jerusalem | 430 |
township, in Lucas county, and north within Maumee Bay and Lake | 431 |
Erie to the boundary line between Ohio and Michigan between the | 432 |
easterly boundary of the court and the easterly boundary of the | 433 |
Toledo municipal court. | 434 |
The Ottawa county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 435 |
Ottawa county. | 436 |
The Painesville municipal court has jurisdiction within | 437 |
Painesville, Perry, Leroy, Concord, and Madison townships in Lake | 438 |
county. | 439 |
The Parma municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 440 |
municipal corporations of Parma Heights, Brooklyn, Linndale, North | 441 |
Royalton, Broadview Heights, Seven Hills, and Brooklyn Heights in | 442 |
Cuyahoga county. | 443 |
The Perrysburg municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 444 |
municipal corporations of Luckey, Millbury, Northwood, Rossford, | 445 |
and Walbridge, and within Perrysburg, Lake, and Troy townships, in | 446 |
Wood county. | 447 |
The Portage county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 448 |
Portage county. | 449 |
The Portsmouth municipal court has jurisdiction within Scioto | 450 |
county. | 451 |
The Putnam county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 452 |
Putnam county. | 453 |
The Rocky River municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 454 |
municipal corporations of Bay Village, Westlake, Fairview Park, | 455 |
and North Olmsted, and within Riveredge township, in Cuyahoga | 456 |
county. | 457 |
The Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 458 |
municipal corporations of Castalia and Bay View, and within | 459 |
Perkins township, in Erie county. | 460 |
Beginning January 1, 2013, the Trumbull county municipal | 461 |
court has jurisdiction within all of Trumbull county except within | 462 |
the municipal corporations of Girard, McDonald, Newton Falls, | 463 |
Niles, and Warren and Bloomfield, Braceville, Bristol, Champion, | 464 |
Farmington, Howland, Hubbard, Liberty, Lordstown, Mesopotamia, | 465 |
Newton, Southington, Vienna, Warren, and Weathersfield townships. | 466 |
The Shaker Heights municipal court has jurisdiction within | 467 |
the municipal corporations of University Heights, Beachwood, | 468 |
Pepper Pike, and Hunting Valley in Cuyahoga county. | 469 |
The Shelby municipal court has jurisdiction within Sharon, | 470 |
Jackson, Cass, Plymouth, and Blooming Grove townships, and within | 471 |
all of Butler township except sections 35-36-31 and 32, in | 472 |
Richland county. | 473 |
The Sidney municipal court has jurisdiction within Shelby | 474 |
county. | 475 |
Beginning January 1, 2009, the Stow municipal court has | 476 |
jurisdiction within Boston, Hudson, Northfield Center, Sagamore | 477 |
Hills, and Twinsburg townships, and within the municipal | 478 |
corporations of Boston Heights, Cuyahoga Falls, Hudson, Munroe | 479 |
Falls, Northfield, Peninsula, Reminderville, Silver Lake, Stow, | 480 |
Tallmadge, Twinsburg, and Macedonia, in Summit county. | 481 |
The Struthers municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 482 |
municipal corporations of Lowellville, New Middleton, and Poland, | 483 |
and within Poland and Springfield townships in Mahoning county. | 484 |
The Sylvania municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 485 |
municipal corporations of Berkey and Holland, and within Sylvania, | 486 |
Richfield, Spencer, and Harding townships, and within those | 487 |
portions of Swanton, Monclova, and Springfield townships lying | 488 |
north of the northerly boundary line of the Ohio turnpike, in | 489 |
Lucas county. | 490 |
The Tiffin municipal court has jurisdiction within Adams, Big | 491 |
Spring, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Hopewell, Liberty, Pleasant, Reed, | 492 |
Scipio, Seneca, Thompson, and Venice townships in Seneca county. | 493 |
The Toledo municipal court has jurisdiction within Washington | 494 |
township, and within the municipal corporation of Ottawa Hills, in | 495 |
Lucas county. | 496 |
The Upper Sandusky municipal court has jurisdiction within | 497 |
Wyandot county. | 498 |
The Vandalia municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 499 |
municipal corporations of Clayton, Englewood, and Union, and | 500 |
within Butler, Harrison, and Randolph townships, in Montgomery | 501 |
county. | 502 |
The Van Wert municipal court has jurisdiction within Van Wert | 503 |
county. | 504 |
The Vermilion municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 505 |
townships of Vermilion and Florence in Erie county and within all | 506 |
of Brownhelm township except within the municipal corporation of | 507 |
Lorain, in Lorain county. | 508 |
The Wadsworth municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 509 |
municipal corporations of Gloria Glens Park, Lodi, Seville, and | 510 |
Westfield Center, and within Guilford, Harrisville, Homer, Sharon, | 511 |
Wadsworth, and Westfield townships in Medina county. | 512 |
The Warren municipal court has jurisdiction within Warren and | 513 |
Champion townships, and within all of Howland township except | 514 |
within the municipal corporation of Niles, in Trumbull county. | 515 |
The Washington Court House municipal court has jurisdiction | 516 |
within Fayette county. | 517 |
The Wayne county municipal court has jurisdiction within | 518 |
Wayne county. | 519 |
The Willoughby municipal court has jurisdiction within the | 520 |
municipal corporations of Eastlake, Wickliffe, Willowick, | 521 |
Willoughby Hills, Kirtland, Kirtland Hills, Waite Hill, | 522 |
Timberlake, and Lakeline, and within Kirtland township, in Lake | 523 |
county. | 524 |
Through June 30, 1992, the Wilmington municipal court has | 525 |
jurisdiction within Clinton county. | 526 |
The Xenia municipal court has jurisdiction within | 527 |
Caesarcreek, Cedarville, Jefferson, Miami, New Jasper, Ross, | 528 |
Silvercreek, Spring Valley, Sugarcreek, and Xenia townships in | 529 |
Greene county. | 530 |
(C) As used in this section: | 531 |
(1) "Within a township" includes all land, including, but not | 532 |
limited to, any part of any municipal corporation, that is | 533 |
physically located within the territorial boundaries of that | 534 |
township, whether or not that land or municipal corporation is | 535 |
governmentally a part of the township. | 536 |
(2) "Within a municipal corporation" includes all land within | 537 |
the territorial boundaries of the municipal corporation and any | 538 |
townships that are coextensive with the municipal corporation. | 539 |
Sec. 1901.03. As used in this chapter: | 540 |
(A) "Territory" means the geographical areas within which | 541 |
municipal courts have jurisdiction as provided in sections 1901.01 | 542 |
and 1901.02 of the Revised Code. | 543 |
(B) "Legislative authority" means the legislative authority | 544 |
of the municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other | 545 |
than a county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the | 546 |
respective board of county commissioners of the county in which a | 547 |
county-operated municipal court is located. | 548 |
(C) "Chief executive" means the chief executive of the | 549 |
municipal corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 550 |
county-operated municipal court, is located, and means the | 551 |
respective chairman of the board of county commissioners of the | 552 |
county in which a county-operated municipal court is located. | 553 |
(D) "City treasury" means the treasury of the municipal | 554 |
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 555 |
county-operated municipal court, is located. | 556 |
(E) "City treasurer" means the treasurer of the municipal | 557 |
corporation in which a municipal court, other than a | 558 |
county-operated municipal court, is located. | 559 |
(F) "County-operated municipal court" means the Auglaize | 560 |
county, Brown county, Carroll county, Clermont county, Columbiana | 561 |
county, Crawford county, Darke county, Erie county, Hamilton | 562 |
county, Hocking county, Holmes county, Jackson county, Lawrence | 563 |
county, Madison county, Miami county, Montgomery county, Morrow | 564 |
county, Ottawa county, Portage county, Putnam county, or Wayne | 565 |
county municipal court and, effective January 1, | 566 |
includes the | 567 |
(G) "A municipal corporation in which a municipal court is | 568 |
located" includes each municipal corporation named in section | 569 |
1901.01 of the Revised Code, but does not include one in which a | 570 |
judge sits pursuant to any provision of section 1901.021 of the | 571 |
Revised Code except division (M) of that section. | 572 |
Sec. 1901.07. (A) All municipal court judges shall be | 573 |
elected on the nonpartisan ballot for terms of six years. In a | 574 |
municipal court in which only one judge is to be elected in any | 575 |
one year, that judge's term commences on the first day of January | 576 |
after the election. In a municipal court in which two or more | 577 |
judges are to be elected in any one year, their terms commence on | 578 |
successive days beginning the first day of January, following the | 579 |
election, unless otherwise provided by section 1901.08 of the | 580 |
Revised Code. | 581 |
(B) All candidates for municipal court judge may be nominated | 582 |
either by nominating petition or by primary election, except that | 583 |
if the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends only to the | 584 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which the court | 585 |
is located and that municipal corporation operates under a | 586 |
charter, all candidates shall be nominated in the same manner | 587 |
provided in the charter for the office of municipal court judge | 588 |
or, if no specific provisions are made in the charter for the | 589 |
office of municipal court judge, in the same manner as the charter | 590 |
prescribes for the nomination and election of the legislative | 591 |
authority of the municipal corporation. | 592 |
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 593 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 594 |
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 595 |
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 596 |
located and no charter provisions apply, all candidates for party | 597 |
nomination to the office of municipal court judge shall file a | 598 |
declaration of candidacy and petition not later than four p.m. of | 599 |
the ninetieth day before the day of the primary election in the | 600 |
form prescribed by section 3513.07 of the Revised Code. The | 601 |
petition shall conform to the requirements provided for those | 602 |
petitions of candidacy contained in section 3513.05 of the Revised | 603 |
Code, except that the petition shall be signed by at least fifty | 604 |
electors of the territory of the court. If no valid declaration of | 605 |
candidacy is filed for nomination as a candidate of a political | 606 |
party for election to the office of municipal court judge, or if | 607 |
the number of persons filing the declarations of candidacy for | 608 |
nominations as candidates of one political party for election to | 609 |
the office does not exceed the number of candidates that that | 610 |
party is entitled to nominate as its candidates for election to | 611 |
the office, no primary election shall be held for the purpose of | 612 |
nominating candidates of that party for election to the office, | 613 |
and the candidates shall be issued certificates of nomination in | 614 |
the manner set forth in section 3513.02 of the Revised Code. | 615 |
If the jurisdiction of a municipal court extends beyond the | 616 |
corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 617 |
located or if the jurisdiction of the court does not extend beyond | 618 |
the corporate limits of the municipal corporation in which it is | 619 |
located and no charter provisions apply, nonpartisan candidates | 620 |
for the office of municipal court judge shall file nominating | 621 |
petitions not later than four p.m. of the day before the day of | 622 |
the primary election in the form prescribed by section 3513.261 of | 623 |
the Revised Code. The petition shall conform to the requirements | 624 |
provided for those petitions of candidacy contained in section | 625 |
3513.257 of the Revised Code, except that the petition shall be | 626 |
signed by at least fifty electors of the territory of the court. | 627 |
The nominating petition or declaration of candidacy for a | 628 |
municipal court judge shall contain a designation of the term for | 629 |
which the candidate seeks election. At the following regular | 630 |
municipal election, the candidacies of the judges nominated shall | 631 |
be submitted to the electors of the territory on a nonpartisan, | 632 |
judicial ballot in the same manner as provided for judges of the | 633 |
court of common pleas, except that, in a municipal corporation | 634 |
operating under a charter, all candidates for municipal court | 635 |
judge shall be elected in conformity with the charter if | 636 |
provisions are made in the charter for the election of municipal | 637 |
court judges. | 638 |
(C) Notwithstanding divisions (A) and (B) of this section, in | 639 |
the following municipal courts, the judges shall be nominated and | 640 |
elected as follows: | 641 |
(1) In the Cleveland municipal court, the judges shall be | 642 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 643 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 644 |
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 645 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Cleveland for filing | 646 |
petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each elector shall | 647 |
have the right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to | 648 |
be elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the | 649 |
electors of the territory of the court in the manner provided by | 650 |
law for the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 651 |
(2) In the Toledo municipal court, the judges shall be | 652 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 653 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 654 |
the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 655 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Toledo for filing | 656 |
nominating petitions for city council. Each elector shall have the | 657 |
right to sign petitions for as many candidates as are to be | 658 |
elected, but no more. The judges shall be elected by the electors | 659 |
of the territory of the court in the manner provided by law for | 660 |
the election of judges of the court of common pleas. | 661 |
(3) In the Akron municipal court, the judges shall be | 662 |
nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 663 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. It shall be in | 664 |
statutory form and shall be filed in the manner and within the | 665 |
time prescribed by the charter of the city of Akron for filing | 666 |
nominating petitions of candidates for municipal offices. Each | 667 |
elector shall have the right to sign petitions for as many | 668 |
candidates as are to be elected, but no more. The judges shall be | 669 |
elected by the electors of the territory of the court in the | 670 |
manner provided by law for the election of judges of the court of | 671 |
common pleas. | 672 |
(4) In the Hamilton county municipal court, the judges shall | 673 |
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 674 |
least one hundred electors of the judicial district of the county | 675 |
from which the candidate seeks election, which petitions shall be | 676 |
signed and filed not later than four p.m. of the day before the | 677 |
day of the primary election in the form prescribed by section | 678 |
3513.261 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise provided in this | 679 |
section, the petition shall conform to the requirements provided | 680 |
for nominating petitions in section 3513.257 of the Revised Code. | 681 |
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the relative | 682 |
judicial district of the county at the regular municipal election | 683 |
and in the manner provided by law for the election of judges of | 684 |
the court of common pleas. | 685 |
(5) In the Franklin county municipal court, the judges shall | 686 |
be nominated only by petition. The petition shall be signed by at | 687 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court. The petition | 688 |
shall be in the statutory form and shall be filed in the manner | 689 |
and within the time prescribed by the charter of the city of | 690 |
Columbus for filing petitions of candidates for municipal offices. | 691 |
The judges shall be elected by the electors of the territory of | 692 |
the court in the manner provided by law for the election of judges | 693 |
of the court of common pleas. | 694 |
(6) In the Auglaize, Brown, Carroll, Clermont, Crawford, | 695 |
Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Miami, Morrow, Putnam, | 696 |
Trumbull, and Wayne county municipal courts, the judges shall be | 697 |
nominated only by petition. The petitions shall be signed by at | 698 |
least fifty electors of the territory of the court and shall | 699 |
conform to the provisions of this section. | 700 |
(D) In the Portage county municipal court, the judges shall | 701 |
be nominated either by nominating petition or by primary election, | 702 |
as provided in division (B) of this section. | 703 |
(E) As used in this section, as to an election for either a | 704 |
full or an unexpired term, "the territory within the jurisdiction | 705 |
of the court" means that territory as it will be on the first day | 706 |
of January after the election. | 707 |
Sec. 1901.08. The number of, and the time for election of, | 708 |
judges of the following municipal courts and the beginning of | 709 |
their terms shall be as follows: | 710 |
In the Akron municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 711 |
elected in 1951, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1953, | 712 |
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and one full-time | 713 |
judge shall be elected in 1975. | 714 |
In the Alliance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 715 |
elected in 1953. | 716 |
In the Ashland municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 717 |
elected in 1951. | 718 |
In the Ashtabula municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 719 |
be elected in 1953. | 720 |
In the Athens county municipal court, one full-time judge | 721 |
shall be elected in 1967. | 722 |
In the Auglaize county municipal court, one full-time judge | 723 |
shall be elected in 1975. | 724 |
In the Avon Lake municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 725 |
be elected in 1957. | 726 |
In the Barberton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 727 |
be elected in 1969, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 728 |
1971. | 729 |
In the Bedford municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 730 |
elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1979. | 731 |
In the Bellefontaine municipal court, one full-time judge | 732 |
shall be elected in 1993. | 733 |
In the Bellevue municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 734 |
elected in 1951. | 735 |
In the Berea municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 736 |
elected in 2005. | 737 |
In the Bowling Green municipal court, one full-time judge | 738 |
shall be elected in 1983. | 739 |
In the Brown county municipal court, one full-time judge | 740 |
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning February 9, 2003, the | 741 |
part-time judge of the Brown county county court that existed | 742 |
prior to that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2001, shall | 743 |
serve as the full-time judge of the Brown county municipal court | 744 |
until December 31, 2005. | 745 |
In the Bryan municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 746 |
elected in 1965. | 747 |
In the Cambridge municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 748 |
be elected in 1951. | 749 |
In the Campbell municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 750 |
elected in 1963. | 751 |
In the Canton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 752 |
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1969, and | 753 |
two full-time judges shall be elected in 1977. | 754 |
In the Carroll county municipal court, one full-time judge | 755 |
shall be elected in 2009. Beginning January 1, 2007, the judge | 756 |
elected in 2006 to the part-time judgeship of the Carroll county | 757 |
county court that existed prior to that date shall serve as the | 758 |
full-time judge of the Carroll county municipal court until | 759 |
December 31, 2009. | 760 |
In the Celina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 761 |
elected in 1957. | 762 |
In the Champaign county municipal court, one full-time judge | 763 |
shall be elected in 2001. | 764 |
In the Chardon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 765 |
elected in 1963. | 766 |
In the Chillicothe municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 767 |
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 768 |
1977. | 769 |
In the Circleville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 770 |
be elected in 1953. | 771 |
In the Clark county municipal court, one full-time judge | 772 |
shall be elected in 1989, and two full-time judges shall be | 773 |
elected in 1991. The full-time judges of the Springfield municipal | 774 |
court who were elected in 1983 and 1985 shall serve as the judges | 775 |
of the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until | 776 |
the end of their respective terms. | 777 |
In the Clermont county municipal court, two full-time judges | 778 |
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 779 |
in 1999. | 780 |
In the Cleveland municipal court, six full-time judges shall | 781 |
be elected in 1975, three full-time judges shall be elected in | 782 |
1953, and four full-time judges shall be elected in 1955. | 783 |
In the Cleveland Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 784 |
shall be elected in 1957. | 785 |
In the Clinton county municipal court, one full-time judge | 786 |
shall be elected in 1997. The full-time judge of the Wilmington | 787 |
municipal court who was elected in 1991 shall serve as the judge | 788 |
of the Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the | 789 |
end of that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 790 |
In the Columbiana county municipal court, two full-time | 791 |
judges shall be elected in 2001. | 792 |
In the Conneaut municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 793 |
elected in 1953. | 794 |
In the Coshocton municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 795 |
be elected in 1951. | 796 |
In the Crawford county municipal court, one full-time judge | 797 |
shall be elected in 1977. | 798 |
In the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 799 |
shall be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 800 |
in 1967. Effective December 31, 2008, the Cuyahoga Falls municipal | 801 |
court shall cease to exist; however, the judges of the Cuyahoga | 802 |
Falls municipal court who were elected pursuant to this section in | 803 |
2003 and 2007 for terms beginning on January 1, 2004, and January | 804 |
1, 2008, respectively, shall serve as full-time judges of the Stow | 805 |
municipal court until December 31, 2009, and December 31, 2013, | 806 |
respectively. | 807 |
In the Darke county municipal court, one full-time judge | 808 |
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2005, the part-time | 809 |
judge of the Darke county county court that existed prior to that | 810 |
date whose term began on January 1, 2001, shall serve as the | 811 |
full-time judge of the Darke county municipal court until December | 812 |
31, 2005. | 813 |
In the Dayton municipal court, three full-time judges shall | 814 |
be elected in 1987, their terms to commence on successive days | 815 |
beginning on the first day of January next after their election, | 816 |
and two full-time judges shall be elected in 1955, their terms to | 817 |
commence on successive days beginning on the second day of January | 818 |
next after their election. | 819 |
In the Defiance municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 820 |
elected in 1957. | 821 |
In the Delaware municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 822 |
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2007. | 823 |
In the East Cleveland municipal court, one full-time judge | 824 |
shall be elected in 1957. | 825 |
In the East Liverpool municipal court, one full-time judge | 826 |
shall be elected in 1953. | 827 |
In the Eaton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 828 |
elected in 1973. | 829 |
In the Elyria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 830 |
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 831 |
In the Erie county municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 832 |
be elected in 2007. | 833 |
In the Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 834 |
elected in 1951. | 835 |
In the Fairborn municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 836 |
elected in 1977. | 837 |
In the Fairfield county municipal court, one full-time judge | 838 |
shall be elected in 2003, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 839 |
in 2005. | 840 |
In the Fairfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 841 |
be elected in 1989. | 842 |
In the Findlay municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 843 |
elected in 1955, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1993. | 844 |
In the Fostoria municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 845 |
elected in 1975. | 846 |
In the Franklin municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 847 |
elected in 1951. | 848 |
In the Franklin county municipal court, two full-time judges | 849 |
shall be elected in 1969, three full-time judges shall be elected | 850 |
in 1971, seven full-time judges shall be elected in 1967, one | 851 |
full-time judge shall be elected in 1975, one full-time judge | 852 |
shall be elected in 1991, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 853 |
in 1997. | 854 |
In the Fremont municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 855 |
elected in 1975. | 856 |
In the Gallipolis municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 857 |
be elected in 1981. | 858 |
In the Garfield Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 859 |
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 860 |
in 1981. | 861 |
In the Girard municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 862 |
elected in 1963. | 863 |
In the Hamilton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 864 |
elected in 1953. | 865 |
In the Hamilton county municipal court, five full-time judges | 866 |
shall be elected in 1967, five full-time judges shall be elected | 867 |
in 1971, two full-time judges shall be elected in 1981, and two | 868 |
full-time judges shall be elected in 1983. All terms of judges of | 869 |
the Hamilton county municipal court shall commence on the first | 870 |
day of January next after their election, except that the terms of | 871 |
the additional judges to be elected in 1981 shall commence on | 872 |
January 2, 1982, and January 3, 1982, and that the terms of the | 873 |
additional judges to be elected in 1983 shall commence on January | 874 |
4, 1984, and January 5, 1984. | 875 |
In the Hardin county municipal court, one part-time judge | 876 |
shall be elected in 1989. | 877 |
In the Hillsboro municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 878 |
be elected in 2011. On and after December 30, 2008, the part-time | 879 |
judge of the Hillsboro municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 880 |
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 881 |
that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 882 |
In the Hocking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 883 |
shall be elected in 1977. | 884 |
In the Holmes county municipal court, one full-time judge | 885 |
shall be elected in 2007. Beginning January 1, 2007, the part-time | 886 |
judge of the Holmes county county court that existed prior to that | 887 |
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 888 |
full-time judge of the Holmes county municipal court until | 889 |
December 31, 2007. | 890 |
In the Huron municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 891 |
elected in 1967. | 892 |
In the Ironton municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 893 |
elected in 1951. | 894 |
In the Jackson county municipal court, one full-time judge | 895 |
shall be elected in 2001. On and after March 31, 1997, the | 896 |
part-time judge of the Jackson county municipal court who was | 897 |
elected in 1995 shall serve as a full-time judge of the court | 898 |
until the end of that judge's term on December 31, 2001. | 899 |
In the Kettering municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 900 |
be elected in 1971, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 901 |
1975. | 902 |
In the Lakewood municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 903 |
elected in 1955. | 904 |
In the Lancaster municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 905 |
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 906 |
1979. Beginning January 2, 2000, the full-time judges of the | 907 |
Lancaster municipal court who were elected in 1997 and 1999 shall | 908 |
serve as judges of the Fairfield county municipal court until the | 909 |
end of those judges' terms. | 910 |
In the Lawrence county municipal court, one part-time judge | 911 |
shall be elected in 1981. | 912 |
In the Lebanon municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 913 |
elected in 1955. | 914 |
In the Licking county municipal court, one full-time judge | 915 |
shall be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 916 |
in 1971. | 917 |
In the Lima municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 918 |
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967. | 919 |
In the Lorain municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 920 |
elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 921 |
In the Lyndhurst municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 922 |
be elected in 1957. | 923 |
In the Madison county municipal court, one full-time judge | 924 |
shall be elected in 1981. | 925 |
In the Mansfield municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 926 |
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 927 |
1969. | 928 |
In the Marietta municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 929 |
elected in 1957. | 930 |
In the Marion municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 931 |
elected in 1951. | 932 |
In the Marysville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 933 |
be elected in 2011. On and after January 18, 2007, the part-time | 934 |
judge of the Marysville municipal court who was elected in 2005 | 935 |
shall serve as a full-time judge of the court until the end of | 936 |
that judge's term on December 31, 2011. | 937 |
In the Mason municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 938 |
elected in 1965. | 939 |
In the Massillon municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 940 |
be elected in 1953, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 941 |
1971. | 942 |
In the Maumee municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 943 |
elected in 1963. | 944 |
In the Medina municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 945 |
elected in 1957. | 946 |
In the Mentor municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 947 |
elected in 1971. | 948 |
In the Miami county municipal court, one full-time judge | 949 |
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 950 |
in 1979. | 951 |
In the Miamisburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 952 |
be elected in 1951. | 953 |
In the Middletown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 954 |
be elected in 1953. | 955 |
In the Montgomery county municipal court: | 956 |
One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a part-time judgeship | 957 |
for a term to begin on January 1, 2012. If any one of the other | 958 |
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 959 |
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship on that | 960 |
date. If only one other judgeship of the court becomes vacant and | 961 |
is abolished as of December 31, 2021, this judgeship shall be | 962 |
abolished as of that date. Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time | 963 |
judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed before | 964 |
that date whose term commenced on January 1, 2005, shall serve as | 965 |
a part-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal court until | 966 |
December 31, 2011. | 967 |
One judge shall be elected in 2011 to a full-time judgeship | 968 |
for a term to begin on January 2, 2012, and this judgeship shall | 969 |
be abolished on January 1, 2016. Beginning July 1, 2010, the | 970 |
part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that existed | 971 |
before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2005, shall | 972 |
serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county municipal | 973 |
court until January 1, 2012. | 974 |
One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a full-time judgeship | 975 |
for a term to begin on January 2, 2014. Beginning July 1, 2010, | 976 |
the part-time judge of the Montgomery county county court that | 977 |
existed before that date whose term commenced on January 2, 2007, | 978 |
shall serve as a full-time judge of the Montgomery county | 979 |
municipal court until January 1, 2014. | 980 |
One judge shall be elected in 2013 to a judgeship for a term | 981 |
to begin on January 1, 2014. If no other judgeship of the court | 982 |
becomes vacant and is abolished by January 1, 2014, this judgeship | 983 |
shall be a part-time judgeship. When one or more of the other | 984 |
judgeships of the court becomes vacant and is abolished after July | 985 |
1, 2010, this judgeship shall become a full-time judgeship. | 986 |
Beginning July 1, 2010, the part-time judge of the Montgomery | 987 |
county county court that existed before that date whose term | 988 |
commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as this judge of the | 989 |
Montgomery county municipal court until December 31, 2013. | 990 |
If any one of the judgeships of the court becomes vacant | 991 |
before December 31, 2021, that judgeship is abolished on the date | 992 |
that it becomes vacant, and the other judges of the court shall be | 993 |
or serve as full-time judges. The abolishment of judgeships for | 994 |
the Montgomery county municipal court shall cease when the court | 995 |
has two full-time judgeships. | 996 |
In the Morrow county municipal court, one full-time judge | 997 |
shall be elected in 2005. Beginning January 1, 2003, the part-time | 998 |
judge of the Morrow county county court that existed prior to that | 999 |
date shall serve as the full-time judge of the Morrow county | 1000 |
municipal court until December 31, 2005. | 1001 |
In the Mount Vernon municipal court, one full-time judge | 1002 |
shall be elected in 1951. | 1003 |
In the Napoleon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1004 |
elected in 2005. | 1005 |
In the New Philadelphia municipal court, one full-time judge | 1006 |
shall be elected in 1975. | 1007 |
In the Newton Falls municipal court, one full-time judge | 1008 |
shall be elected in 1963. | 1009 |
In the Niles municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1010 |
elected in 1951. | 1011 |
In the Norwalk municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1012 |
elected in 1975. | 1013 |
In the Oakwood municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 1014 |
elected in 1953. | 1015 |
In the Oberlin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1016 |
elected in 1989. | 1017 |
In the Oregon municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1018 |
elected in 1963. | 1019 |
In the Ottawa county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1020 |
shall be elected in 1995, and the full-time judge of the Port | 1021 |
Clinton municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the | 1022 |
judge of the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, | 1023 |
until the end of that judge's term. | 1024 |
In the Painesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1025 |
be elected in 1951. | 1026 |
In the Parma municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1027 |
elected in 1951, one full-time judge shall be elected in 1967, and | 1028 |
one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1029 |
In the Perrysburg municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1030 |
be elected in 1977. | 1031 |
In the Portage county municipal court, two full-time judges | 1032 |
shall be elected in 1979, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1033 |
in 1971. | 1034 |
In the Port Clinton municipal court, one full-time judge | 1035 |
shall be elected in 1953. The full-time judge of the Port Clinton | 1036 |
municipal court who is elected in 1989 shall serve as the judge of | 1037 |
the Ottawa county municipal court from February 4, 1994, until the | 1038 |
end of that judge's term. | 1039 |
In the Portsmouth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1040 |
be elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1041 |
1985. | 1042 |
In the Putnam county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1043 |
shall be elected in 2011. Beginning January 1, 2011, the part-time | 1044 |
judge of the Putnam county county court that existed prior to that | 1045 |
date whose term commenced on January 1, 2007, shall serve as the | 1046 |
full-time judge of the Putnam county municipal court until | 1047 |
December 31, 2011. | 1048 |
In the Rocky River municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1049 |
be elected in 1957, and one full-time judge shall be elected in | 1050 |
1971. | 1051 |
In the Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1052 |
elected in 1953. | 1053 |
In the Trumbull county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1054 |
shall be elected in 2013. Beginning on January 1, 2013, the | 1055 |
part-time judge of the Trumbull county county court that existed | 1056 |
prior to that date who was elected in 2010 shall serve as the | 1057 |
full-time judge of the Trumbull county municipal court until | 1058 |
December 31, 2013. | 1059 |
In the Shaker Heights municipal court, one full-time judge | 1060 |
shall be elected in 1957. | 1061 |
In the Shelby municipal court, one part-time judge shall be | 1062 |
elected in 1957. | 1063 |
In the Sidney municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1064 |
elected in 1995. | 1065 |
In the South Euclid municipal court, one full-time judge | 1066 |
shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in 1993, | 1067 |
whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1068 |
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1069 |
January 1, 2000. | 1070 |
In the Springfield municipal court, two full-time judges | 1071 |
shall be elected in 1985, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1072 |
in 1983, all of whom shall serve as the judges of the Springfield | 1073 |
municipal court through December 31, 1987, and as the judges of | 1074 |
the Clark county municipal court from January 1, 1988, until the | 1075 |
end of their respective terms. | 1076 |
In the Steubenville municipal court, one full-time judge | 1077 |
shall be elected in 1953. | 1078 |
In the Stow municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1079 |
elected in 2009, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 2013. | 1080 |
Beginning January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls | 1081 |
municipal court that existed prior to that date whose term | 1082 |
commenced on January 1, 2008, shall serve as a full-time judge of | 1083 |
the Stow municipal court until December 31, 2013. Beginning | 1084 |
January 1, 2009, the judge of the Cuyahoga Falls municipal court | 1085 |
that existed prior to that date whose term commenced on January 1, | 1086 |
2004, shall serve as a full-time judge of the Stow municipal court | 1087 |
until December 31, 2009. | 1088 |
In the Struthers municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1089 |
be elected in 1963. | 1090 |
In the Sylvania municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1091 |
elected in 1963. | 1092 |
In the Tiffin municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1093 |
elected in 1953. | 1094 |
In the Toledo municipal court, two full-time judges shall be | 1095 |
elected in 1971, four full-time judges shall be elected in 1975, | 1096 |
and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1973. | 1097 |
In the Upper Sandusky municipal court, one full-time judge | 1098 |
shall be elected in 2011. The part-time judge elected in 2005, | 1099 |
whose term commenced on January 1, 2006, shall serve as a | 1100 |
full-time judge on and after January 1, 2008, until the expiration | 1101 |
of that judge's term on December 31, 2011, and the office of that | 1102 |
judge is abolished on January 1, 2012. | 1103 |
In the Vandalia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1104 |
elected in 1959. | 1105 |
In the Van Wert municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1106 |
elected in 1957. | 1107 |
In the Vermilion municipal court, one part-time judge shall | 1108 |
be elected in 1965. | 1109 |
In the Wadsworth municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1110 |
be elected in 1981. | 1111 |
In the Warren municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1112 |
elected in 1951, and one full-time judge shall be elected in 1971. | 1113 |
In the Washington Court House municipal court, one full-time | 1114 |
judge shall be elected in 1999. The part-time judge elected in | 1115 |
1993, whose term commenced on January 1, 1994, shall serve until | 1116 |
December 31, 1999, and the office of that judge is abolished on | 1117 |
January 1, 2000. | 1118 |
In the Wayne county municipal court, one full-time judge | 1119 |
shall be elected in 1975, and one full-time judge shall be elected | 1120 |
in 1979. | 1121 |
In the Willoughby municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1122 |
be elected in 1951. | 1123 |
In the Wilmington municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1124 |
be elected in 1991, who shall serve as the judge of the Wilmington | 1125 |
municipal court through June 30, 1992, and as the judge of the | 1126 |
Clinton county municipal court from July 1, 1992, until the end of | 1127 |
that judge's term on December 31, 1997. | 1128 |
In the Xenia municipal court, one full-time judge shall be | 1129 |
elected in 1977. | 1130 |
In the Youngstown municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1131 |
be elected in 1951, and two full-time judges shall be elected in | 1132 |
1953. | 1133 |
In the Zanesville municipal court, one full-time judge shall | 1134 |
be elected in 1953. | 1135 |
Sec. 1907.11. (A) Each county court district shall have the | 1136 |
following county court judges, to be elected as follows: | 1137 |
In the Adams county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1138 |
be elected in 1982. | 1139 |
In the Ashtabula county county court, one part-time judge | 1140 |
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected | 1141 |
in 1982. | 1142 |
In the Belmont county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1143 |
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two | 1144 |
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on | 1145 |
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1146 |
In the Butler county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1147 |
be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and two | 1148 |
part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on | 1149 |
January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1150 |
Until December 31, 2007, in the Erie county county court, one | 1151 |
part-time judge shall be elected in 1982. Effective January 1, | 1152 |
2008, the Erie county county court shall cease to exist. | 1153 |
In the Fulton county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1154 |
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in | 1155 |
1982. | 1156 |
In the Harrison county county court, one part-time judge | 1157 |
shall be elected in 1982. | 1158 |
In the Highland county county court, one part-time judge | 1159 |
shall be elected in 1982. | 1160 |
In the Jefferson county county court, one part-time judge | 1161 |
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and | 1162 |
two part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence | 1163 |
on January 1, 1995, and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1164 |
In the Mahoning county county court, one part-time judge | 1165 |
shall be elected in 1992, term to commence on January 1, 1993, and | 1166 |
three part-time judges shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence | 1167 |
on January 1, 1995, January 2, 1995, and January 3, 1995, | 1168 |
respectively. | 1169 |
In the Meigs county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1170 |
be elected in 1982. | 1171 |
In the Monroe county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1172 |
be elected in 1982. | 1173 |
In the Morgan county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1174 |
be elected in 1982. | 1175 |
In the Muskingum county county court, one part-time judge | 1176 |
shall be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected | 1177 |
in 1982. | 1178 |
In the Noble county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1179 |
be elected in 1982. | 1180 |
In the Paulding county county court, one part-time judge | 1181 |
shall be elected in 1982. | 1182 |
In the Perry county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1183 |
be elected in 1982. | 1184 |
In the Pike county county court, one part-time judge shall be | 1185 |
elected in 1982. | 1186 |
In the Sandusky county county court, two part-time judges | 1187 |
shall be elected in 1994, terms to commence on January 1, 1995, | 1188 |
and January 2, 1995, respectively. | 1189 |
| 1190 |
court, one part-time judge shall be elected in 1992, and one | 1191 |
part-time judge shall be elected in 1994. The judges elected in | 1192 |
2006 and 2010 shall serve until December 31, 2012. The Trumbull | 1193 |
county county court shall cease to exist on January 1, 2013. | 1194 |
In the Tuscarawas county county court, one part-time judge | 1195 |
shall be elected in 1982. | 1196 |
In the Vinton county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1197 |
be elected in 1982. | 1198 |
In the Warren county county court, one part-time judge shall | 1199 |
be elected in 1980, and one part-time judge shall be elected in | 1200 |
1982. | 1201 |
(B)(1) Additional judges shall be elected at the next regular | 1202 |
election for a county court judge as provided in section 1907.13 | 1203 |
of the Revised Code. | 1204 |
(2) Vacancies caused by the death or the resignation from, | 1205 |
forfeiture of, or removal from office of a judge shall be filled | 1206 |
in accordance with section 107.08 of the Revised Code, except as | 1207 |
provided in section 1907.15 of the Revised Code. | 1208 |
Section 2. That existing sections 1901.01, 1901.02, 1901.03, | 1209 |
1901.07, 1901.08, and 1907.11 of the Revised Code are hereby | 1210 |
repealed. | 1211 |
Section 3. (A) Effective January 1, 2013, the Trumbull County | 1212 |
County Court is abolished. | 1213 |
(B) All causes, executions, and other proceedings pending in | 1214 |
the Trumbull County County Court at the close of business on | 1215 |
December 31, 2012, shall be transferred to and proceed in the | 1216 |
Trumbull County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013, as if | 1217 |
originally instituted in the Trumbull County Municipal Court. | 1218 |
Parties to those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings | 1219 |
may make any amendments to their pleadings that are required to | 1220 |
conform them to the rules of the Trumbull County Municipal Court. | 1221 |
The Clerk of the Trumbull County County Court or other custodian | 1222 |
shall transfer to the Trumbull County Municipal Court all | 1223 |
pleadings, orders, entries, dockets, bonds, papers, records, | 1224 |
books, exhibits, files, moneys, property, and persons that belong | 1225 |
to, are in the possession of, or are subject to the jurisdiction | 1226 |
of the Trumbull County County Court, or any officer of that court, | 1227 |
at the close of business on December 31, 2012, and that pertain to | 1228 |
those causes, judgments, executions, and proceedings. | 1229 |
(C) All employees of the Trumbull County County Court shall | 1230 |
be transferred to and shall become employees of the Trumbull | 1231 |
County Municipal Court on January 1, 2013. | 1232 |
(D) Effective January 1, 2013, the part-time judgeship in the | 1233 |
Trumbull County County Court is abolished. | 1234 |
Section 4. Sections 1901.01, 1901.03, 1901.08, and 1907.11 of | 1235 |
the Revised Code are presented in this act as composites of the | 1236 |
sections as amended by both Am. Sub. H.B. 238 and Sub. H.B. 338 of | 1237 |
the 128th General Assembly. The General Assembly, applying the | 1238 |
principle stated in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised | 1239 |
Code that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of | 1240 |
simultaneous operation, finds that the composites are the | 1241 |
resulting versions of the sections in effect prior to the | 1242 |
effective date of the sections as presented in this act. | 1243 |